Does 409A Apply To ISO's?

I just received a memo from a name-brand Silicon Valley law firm in response to a board discussion that I was part of about 409A (the company granted some options today, obligatory

January 18, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Performance Anxiety

Thomas Frey from the Davinci Institute sent me a link to a public toilet in Houston that is guaranteed to create at least a little bit of performance anxiety. In

January 18, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Jarvis on Deconstructing the Newspaper

Jeff Jarvis has a superb post up called New News: Deconstructing the newspaper. A week ago I spoke at a the Metzger Associates First Annual New Media Summit – a

January 18, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Google Acquires dMarc Broadcasting, Strategic Thinkers Rejoice

Finally, someone in the AGILEAMY crowd has done a meaningful strategic deal. Google announced that they acquired dMarc Broadcasting today for $102 million cash and up to $1.1 billion of

January 17, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Alaska's Mt. Augustine Erupts

Amy and I spent as much of the summer as we can at our house in Alaska. Today, Mt. Augustine, located about 75 miles southwest of our home in Homer,

January 17, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

FeedDemon Beta Happiness

The FeedDemon 2.0 Beta is officially up and ready for action. As a special bonus, I got the alpha of NewsGator Outlook Edition 2.6 today (2.6.1.129) loaded with new features

January 16, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Was It Worse Than A Colonoscopy?

One of my favorite entrepreneurial lines is “man – that was worse than going to the proctologist.” It you need to understand this concept more graphically, my good friend Renee

January 16, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Technorati Mini

I love it when I stumble upon new uses for features from companies that I’m an investor in. This just happened with Technorati Mini. While it’s a relatively new feature,

January 16, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Polyphasic Sleep

I got a note from an entrepreneur (Steven Livingstone) who is pondering polyphasic sleep and asked the question: I’ve just blogged something looking for advice from successful people on sleeping

January 16, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Do Restarts Have A Negative Overhang?

Following is a question that I got from a reader of this blog on Friday. “I have wondered about the dynamics of a restart company and how it affects employees, options and

January 16, 2006 · 4 min · Brad Feld